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Film, Video Market Empire: The U.S., the Philippines & Natural Resource Management

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Title

  • Market Empire: The U.S., the Philippines & Natural Resource Management

Summary

  • The importation of tropical products from the Caribbean and the Pacific accompanied the growth of American industrial development in the early twentieth century. While the new demand for tropical fruits, woods, and products dramatically altered tropical ecosystems and contributed to food shortages in what is today called the "global south," it also encouraged the development of an ethic of natural resource management and conservation. By focusing on the work of American agricultural scientists, foresters, and chemists during the U.S. occupation of the Philippines (1898-1936), Theresa Ventura shows how science was integral to the emergence of the United States as a world power; the influence of Philippine knowledge on environmental and nutritional knowledge; and the often devastating impact of conservation and land management programs on indigenous communities.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-10-17.

Headings

  • -  Environment, Conservation
  • -  Government, Law
  • -  Government, World Affairs

Notes

  • -  Classification: Agriculture.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Theresa Ventura.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-10-17.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688751

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Market Empire: The U.S., the Philippines & Natural Resource Management. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-17, 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688751/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2011) Market Empire: The U.S., the Philippines & Natural Resource Management. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-17. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688751/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Market Empire: The U.S., the Philippines & Natural Resource Management. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-17, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688751/>.